4/25/2012 Listening Lounge

Energy Brat from Youth Radio
Antony Jaureguí grew up in sunny Southern California, and has never worried much about where energy comes from and how much he uses. But on a trip to his parents’ hometown in Mexico, he begins to question why he never considers his own energy consumption.

Clean Dirtby Abby Wendle
Kris Gosney and her husband were like most of their neighbors in northwestern Oklahoma: conventional farmers relying heavily on chemicals to produce their crops. But fifteen years ago, in an effort to weather a difficult economic moment in agriculture, they stumbled into organic farming.

Forest to Desertby Sarah Boothroyd
An audio doodle inspired by the phrase: "Humankind is preceded by forest, and followed by desert." An aural art piece that entwines natural, found, and sampled sound together to blow your mind. Produced for and winner of the Third Coast Festival's Short Docs Challenge: Radio Ephemera.

The Mystery of the Mad Minnowsfrom Power Records
Jimmy Olsen has been attacked by an immense flounder and, according to Lois Lane, millions of fish at Crystal Beach seems to be going "mad." Sounds like a job for SUPERMAN!! Hopefully, the Man of Steel can get to the bottom of this bizarre caper through ridiculous discussions with our earth brethren -- the dolphins. Audio theater released on Power Records in 1975.